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counsel might make two speeches, while the prisoner's counsel was not allowed to say one word. There were cases of cir cumstantial evidence in which, unless counsel were allowed to interfere, the facts must remain unexplained. He had known instances in which prisoners could not possibly have been convicted had counsel been allowed to plead in their favout. He remembered a case of three brothers who had been convicted, when he was satisfied that if he had been al lowed to speak for only five minutes he would have proved their innocence. The law in its present state was disgraceful to the country, and ought to be amended. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK perfectly agreed with the and Learned Member for Dublin, that the law in its present state was disgraceful to that House, and dangerous to the community. He begged to ask the Hon. Baronet whether, if he were under a criminal charge, he would not desire to hav e counsel? - - Why should not the same pr ivile g e be . allowed in criminal as was allowed in civil cases? It was said that the judge was the counsel for the prisoner. He could not be so. The judge was not in commun ication j ust ice that the pr isoner ; and i could not know his defence. It was ndispensable- to that the prisoner's counsel s hould have the last word. He ( Sir F. Pollock) held it to b e essential that the prisoner's counsel should have the last word. Ile had frequently known a good defence to be kept back through the fear of the reply on the part of the counsel for the prosec ution. He entirely concurred In the principle an d ob j ects of this Bill. Mr. POULT ER. would never give his consent to the in troduction into every case of felony of a speech for the pri soner. It would destroy the present system of criminal juris prudence, a nd would be injurious rather than beneficial to the prisoner. - Mr. LYNCH supported the Bill. In every country of Europe the privilege of being heard by counsel was allowed the prisoner ; and even in this country it was not prevented by statute, but only by usage. Mr. Sergeant GOUL BURN said that the present attempt to improve the law went beyond what the necessity of the case required. Dr. LUS HINGTON was decidedly in favour of the Bill ; and when it was said by those who opposed it that the sole weight of the bar, and the whole authority of the bench, was ranged against it, he would only observe that the Noble and Learned Lord, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, whose situation as Common Sergeant in the City of London had given him great experience in the administration of criminal law, had expressed to him (Dr. Lushington) a deep and anxious wish for the success of a measure of this description. —( Hear.) He (Dr. Lushington) agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for Huntingdon (Sir F. Pollock), that the law in its present state was a disgrace to the country. Colonel PERCEVAL defended the administration of cri minal justice in Ireland, and denied the truth of the impu tations which had been cast upon it by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had heard nothing in the course of the debate of that evening which tended in the slightest degree to alter the opinion which he had formed upon this subject very early in his professional career. It had been stated by those who were opposed to the measure that no mem bers of the legal profession who had practised much in the Crown Courts had expressed an opinion in its favour. Now it so happened, that nearly the whole of the first part of his professional life had been passed in the Crown Courts, and from the experience he had thus acquired of the administration of criminal law, he was strongly of opinion that a measure of this description was absolutely necessary to vindicate the law of England from a deep and disgraceful stain.—( Hear, hear.) 'There was no reason why counsel should not be allowed to speak for the prisoner in cases of felony as well as in cases of misdemeanour.—( Hear, hear.) The anomaly which the law as it now stood presented upon that point he conceived to be a scandal upon the administration of justice in this country.._. (Hear, hear.) That some inconvenience might result from the change was no reason why a glaring injustice should be allowed to remain.,—( Hear, hear.) It was high time that the scandal should be removed. Therefore, although he thought that some of the details might require alteration, he should give to the principle of the present Bill his firm and cordial support.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. CRIPPS thought that if the Bill were passed pri soners would not be so well off as they were under the present system. Mr. PLUMPTRE said that the question was, whether the practical working of such a Bill would be beneficial to pri soners. If he could persuade himself that it would be really advantageous to them, he should give it his warmest support. But he confessed that, as at present informed, he entertained very strong doubts upon the point. The question was then put, and the House divided. For the second reading For the amendment ---144 Majority The Bill having been read a second time, Sir F. POLLOCK recommended, that instead of being committed to a Committee of the whole House, it should be referred to a select Committee. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL thought that that would certainly be the better course. Mr. EWART said that the subject had already been under the consideration of a select Committee, upon whose report the Bill was founded. He thought it unnecessary, therefore, that it should again be sent before a select Committee. Mr. C. BuLLER, Mr. AGLIONIIY, and Mr. O'CONNELL were strongly of opinion that the Bill should now be referred to a select Committee of the House of Commons. Evidence had been taken upon the subject before the Lords' Committee, to which it was necessary that some reply should be made. This could only be done by referring it to a select Committee of the Commons. The SPEAKER said that it was for the House to consi der whether it would not be better to adhere to the principle, that all evidence should be heard before the second reading of any Bill. After a few observations by the Attorney-General, Mr. Warburton, Sir F. Pollock, and Mr. O'Connell, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it would be sanctioning a bad practice if, after a Bill had been read a second time, approving of the principle, they were to let in evidence. At the same time he thought there was no objection to the sending of this Bill to a Select Committee, in order to examine and sift its details. After a few words from Mr. PR YME and Mr. EWART, it was agreed that the Bill should be referred to a Select Committee, to be appointed to-morrow (this day), but not with power to hear evidence. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES BILL : AND CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought up these Bills, which were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday week. TITHES' COMMUTATION BILL. Sir ROBERT INGLIS said that the second reading of this Bill was appointed for Monday next ; but the copy of the Bill had only been delivered yesterday; and as many persons were interested in it who lived at a distance, he hoped the Noble Lard would give farther time for its consideration before bringing on the second reading. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the principle of the Bill had been suffieiently borne out and discussed. He was fully aware of the great importance of its provisions, and as in all Bills some part of :he wording required alteration, he was always desirous that its provisions should undergo full dis cussion ; so he wished the present Bill to be fully discussed in Committee. He therefore hoped it would be allowed to be read a second time on Monday, and then he should be happy to attend to the convenience of the parties interested, es to the time for taking into consideration its details. He would take this opportunity to answer a question which was put to him the other night respecting tithes on minerals. There was no provision in the Bill respecting those tithes. It had beers found necessary to make several exceptions in the Bill, and this was one of them. INTIMIDATION AT ELECTIONS. Mr. PO CLTER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to pre vent the use of threats and intimidation in the election of Members to serve in Parliament. SPAIN. Mr. MACLE A N postponed his motion, of which he had given notice :—" That it was contrary to sound policy, and inexpedient for this country to interfere in the affairs of Spain, except by friendly mediation, or by those means which were pointed out by the Quadruple Treaty, and its additional Ar ticles," till Monday next, when the Navy Estimates will be brought on. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. HAWES rose to move that it be an instruction to the Committee appointed to consider and report upon the plans for the two Houses of Parliament, to inspect all the plans which had been submitted to his Majesty's Commissioners, &c., and to receive the estimates of the said plans from such architects as might be willing to furnish them to the Com mittee. By making this motion, he did not intend to cast any reflection, directly or indirectly, on the Commissioners ; but he deemed the inspection of all the plans necessary, in order to convince the public that in selecting a plan for a building adequate to the purposes of the Legislature the decision came to was right and proper. It would give the public greater confidence in that decision. The course he was anxious to pursue would by no means open up the whole question again, which he particularly wished to avoid. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after stating the course that had been taken (and which has been repeated two or three times already during the present ses sion) by the House of Commons in relation to these plans, de clared it to be his opinion, that if the motion of the Hon. Gen tleman were adopted, it would in point of fact, be opening the whole case afresh. Of course the Committee would avail themselves of the opportunity of inspecting the whole ninety four plans that h ad been sent in to the Commissioners ; but if the House were, by special instructions, to impose upon the Committee the duty to inspect all those plans, it would subject them to the greatest difficulty arid embarrassmen e t. After a few words from Mr. JE PH SON (vv believe), Sir R. PEEL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, when parties were invited to send in plans for the new Houses of Parliament, there was any public notice given of any limitation of the expense? For instance, were the persons invited to send in plans upon the assumption that Par liament would vote 500,0001„ or any other given sum, for the purposes of constructing the new Houses of Parliament? If not, and if the matter of expense was left a perfectly indefinite question, he was riot at all surprised that one plan might obtain great preference over every other plan, although, under other circumstances, it might not be entitled to that preference, An artist might have sent in a plan, drawn on the assumption that one million would be expended on the new buildings, and upon that assumption he might obtain a great advantage over a more penurious artist, who assumed that not more than 300,000/. would be voted. Although, therefore, an artist might be en- Aided to the reward granted by Parliament, if that reward were givea to the best plan, without reference to expense, yet an other artist, who combined the two consideration s of a good phis and an economical expenditure of the public money, might possibly, on those two combined considerations, to entitled to a preference ? He therefore wished to know whether the parties invited to send in plans had any instruc tions with respect to the expense which Parliament might pos sibly sanction ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the whole proceeding respecting the new Houses of Parlia . went had been the proceeding of the House of Commons, and that the course adopted by the Government respecting the plans had been controlled by the resolutions of a Com mittee up stairs. No limitation whatsoever with respect to expence was contained in those resolutions ; the principal ob ject was to get the best plan that could be obtained of a building for the accommodation of the Legislature, and the artists were left entirely free as to the article of expence—no restriction being imposed on them, except as to the style of building. As no limitation of expence was imposed, of course all the architects were upon equal terms, except so far as one architect might let his imagination lead him very wide with regard to expence and decoration, while another might be more moderate in his conceptions. Sir ROBERT PEEL—Another particular practical ques tion which he wished to ask was, upon what principle the Commissioners, appointed by the Government to make the selection of the plans, had awarded the prizes ? Was their decision made upon the mere abstract consideration that those were the best plans that were the most beautiful, and that were calculated to afford the most accommodation ; or did they also take into account what the expence of the erection might be ? • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—No, no. Sir ROBERT PEEL—Then, really, the Commissioners E . had gone upon a plan that might, very easily, give one man's plan a preference over another, which, if practically consi dered, would not be entitled to that preference. For, if an artist sent in a plan, upon the assumption that five millions t would be expended on the building, he must have a decided advantage over others, whose assumptions were not so extra- vacant. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The only things the Commissioners could take into account, were the beauty and the convenience of the plans ; because the mat ter of expense never could be brought before them at all— they had only to decide on which was the best plan. Mr. HUME said that the Right Honourable Baronet was quite correct in the view he took as to the proceedings of the artists. He was sorry that in the course of their proceedings they had made one or two serious errors. In the first place they made a grievous error in allowing Commissioners to be appointed at all until the plans were given in ; because he was informed (he might be misinformed) that some of those very gentlemen (although the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that it could not be) had seen some of the plans be fore they were submitted to their selection as Commissioners. He had been told that some of the plans were exhibited to a great many individuals, among whom were the Commissioners themselves, by the architects, before they were sent in ; and as those Commissioners were accustomed to see architectural drawings it was quite impossible that it should be otherwise. Indeed he had been informed that the successful candidate, Mr. Barry, had exhibited his plan before it was sent in. He (Mr. Hume) had not seen it, but it was said that the Commis sioners had inspected the very plan that had been selected as the best out of Court. That was one mistake. The next was with regard to the expense. He could only say on his own behalf, that it was not his fault, for he had suggested that a limitation of the expense should be a part of the recommen dation of the Committee. He regretted that the House had not allowed the exhibition of all the plans sent in—both those which had been accepted and those which had been rejected— together, in order that the public might have an opportunity of contrasting them, and forming a fair and competent opinion on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged to express his most entire and unqualified belief that there had been no communication between the Commissioners and the architects, and that no plan had been submitted to their in spection until the proper period arrived.—( Hear, hear.) So little was known on the subject to the candidates themselves, that one of the preferred parties had even taken steps in con junction with one of the disappointed architects to exhibit his plan with others that had been rejected, when to his surprise and delight he found that his design had been approved of. Mr. WARBURTON thought there could not be a greater absurdity than to require an estimate from different architects, inasmuch as the opinions of different individuals about even the cost and value of the materials varied considerably. Sir ROBERT INGLIS expressed his belief that the Com mittee had not the power either of requiring estimates from the different architects who had sent in plans, or of limiting them to any particular expense. Sir FREDERICK TRENCH was certain immense diffi culties would have been avoided if a maximum of expense had been fixed. He had no doubt that the best plans had been selected, but he had as little doubt that to carry out and com plete any one of them would cost two millions of money.— ( Hear, hear.) After all, none of the plans which had been selected by the committee might be approved of by Parliament, and then the House would have to begin afresh. The whole of the plans sent in were about to be exhibited ; and if any Hon. Member saw one which he considered to possess greater merit than any of the four selected by the Committee, be would have an opportunity of stating his opinion to the House. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES begged to state to the House a fact which would perhaps tend to show that the expense need not be so great as some Hon. Members had anticipated. It was this—one architect who sent in a design was told that it would be impossible to erect so magnificent a structure as he proposed, unless at an enormous expense. His reply was, "It might be well done for 500,0001." Mr. CHARLES WYNN did not imagine that the esta blishment of a maximum of expense would have been attended with any great benefit. It was very easy to fix a maximum, but how was it to be enforced ? It was impossible that any archi tect could give security that his original estimate of 300,000/. should not ultimately be nearer 500,000/. or 600,000/. Lord STANLEY was very desirous to correct an erro neous impression which had gone abroad relative to the award of the Commissioners. He had seen it very generally stated that they had awarded 1,500/. to the gentleman who had sent in the first plan, and 5001. to each of the other architects whose designs they approved of. Now, unless he was much mistaken, they had no power to make any such award. All they had to do was this—to select a number of plans, not less than three, nor more than five, to be referred to a Committee to be appointed subsequently, composed of Members of both Houses of Parliament ; and to declare each of these plans en titled to a premium of 500/. A further recommendation of the Committee was, that the architect of the plan ultimately selected, if lie were not employed to build the Houses of Par liament, should receive a further premium of 1,0001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted the accuracy of his Noble Friend's recollection of the extent of the powers entrusted to the Committee. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN trusted that the gentlemen who had devoted their time and talents to this very important ser vice, would receive adequate remuneration.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. HAWES replied, and said he would leave the case for the decision of the House. Lord SAN DON observed that it had been hardly ever found, in any ease, that an architect was enabled to give in a correct estimate of the probable expense of a building, until it was actually erected. He hoped the principle of the resolution which had been moved by the Honourable Member for Southwark would be recognized and adopted by the House. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The numbers were— Ayes Noes Majority -72 NAVIGATION OF THE SHANNON. Lord CLEMENTS rose to move for a copy of the instruc tions given to the Commissioners appointed under 5 and 6 William IV., c. 67, for the improvement of the river Shan non, with the date of their appointment and the date of their • first meeting in the capacity of Commissioners. The Noble Lord was convinced that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer was most anxious to forward the improvement of the river Shannon, but he feared that the slowness with which ;the Commissioners were carrying on their labours, might be an effectual obstacle to its final accom plishment. The labours of the Commission might, he thought, have been discharged gratuitously, and much more speedily. Ever since the Union, Ireland had been promised assistance from Government for the improvement of the Shannon, but he confessed he saw no prospect of its termination. He wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman, was there any pro spect of its being terminated within the period of our natural lives ?—( Oh, oh.) Was it intended to apply to Parliament for additional powers ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the only objection made by his Noble Friend was, that he had been too cautious before lie consented to an outlay of public money. To that charge he pleaded guilty. He certainly had been cautious and most prudent, It was necessary to have do. cuments and plans, and the amount of money necessary, before any was expended. It was quite true that gratuitous assist ances might have been obtained ; but if the individuals who gave this assistance possessed the necessary local knowledge, they would also possess considerable local bias, which would be greatly disadvantageous to the progress of the work. It was right to see that, in the expenditure of public money, none of it was converted to the interest of private individuals, Mr. F. FRENCH thought that much, if not all, of the de lay which had taken place was attributable to the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, because be had not brought in his Bill until August, and the Commission was not appointed for four months afterwards, Mr. HUME thought there was no ground for censuring the • Chancellor of the Exchequer, who could not have acted other• wise than he did. There was the utmost necessity for precau tion, and for fully considering the question before any money was granted Colonel CONOLLY agreed with the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite, that there was great necessity for deliberation. He would take leave to suggest that the money should be lent at the lowest rate of interest that it could possibly be procured at. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN regretted that the Commission was not appointed when the Bill was passed. He thought, however, • that when it was appointed, it consisted of very fit and proper persons, After a few words from Mr. Warburton Mr. O'Connell, Colonel Trench, and Mr, M. O'Connell ' , the motion was I L U A N c I I SI 3 P u t O s a U id r th l a L t O h e F agreed to. rose i)t9:l l.r i i 4 Onformity Mr, 1 1 3 with the notice which he had given, to move for the appoint ment of a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the late election of the municipal council of the borough of Poole. If the circumstances which were stated in the petition which he held in his hand from a number of the inhabitants of Poole were heard before the Committee, he felt that he should be justified in asking permission of the ~ 48 120 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 18:16. House to bring in a Bill to set aside the recent election of the corporate body in that borough, and to give the inhabitants the opportunity of another election. His present motion might therefore be considered merely as a preliminary propo sition to ulterior measures. He trusted that if, in the opinion of almost every Member of the House, a case could be made out either of gross errors, or rather frauds, that had been committed in the municipal election in this borough, that steps would be taken to have them nullified. He might pro bably be told that the proceedings which had been adopted in a court of law were sufficient for that purpose; but he trusted that he should be able to show to the House that a court of law would not afford a satisfactory remedy. He need not detain the House with any preliminary Observations, but would at once proceed to state the facts of the case. The borough of Poole was divided into two wards, namely—the north-east and the south-east wards. The two wards were to elect eighteen councillors—nine for each—and these were to elect the six aldermen. The borough of Poole, as many other places, was divided into two parties the one the sup porters of the old system of the Corporation, and the other who thought that great benefit would be produced to the in habitants of the town by introducing a change of system and persons. Under these circumstances, it was not surprising that the inhabitants of the place were full of excitement to support the several interests in which they were engaged. Those who were anxious for a change suspected that those who were supporters of the old system, and who were in office, and who consequently had the management of the election, would pursue some unfair course towards them ; they, there fore, determined to adopt certain precautions, and, among other things, they had their election papers of the list of councillors printed in blue letters, and in a particular manner. A few days afterwards they found that the supporters of the old Corporation had issued papers exactly similar, with the exception of the names, to those they had adopted. T . o obviate any unfair proceedings which they supposed were in tended, they gave notice to all their partisans, or persons entitled to vote, and who were supposed to be favourable to their interest, to go to a particular place in the town when they had voted, and for each to give in a duplicate of the voting paper he had used. Until the morning of the elec tion, they thought that the papers they had put forth, and the other steps which they had taken, would have been s ufficient to have prevented any frauds; but it turned out by the con trivance of the mayor that all their precautions were rendered null and useless. He presided in one ward himself, and ano ther person sat for him in the other, and each of them chose to have the voting carried on in a small room. The mayor, as well as the person who presided in the other ward, had each of them a box before him, which was locked, arid there was a slit at the top, through which the election papers were dropped ; there was a constable placed at the door of each election-room, and immediately an elector had given his elec tion paper to the mayor, he was turned out of the room by the constable. Some of the electors objected to the election being carried on in such small rooms ; but their objections were overruled. There could be no doubt that it was the decided intention of that House that the elections should be open—( Hear, hear, hear) ; but the mayor of this borough took care that they should be as little so as possible, and his excuse for not allowing the electors to remain was, that the room in which he chose to carry on the election was extremely small. By the Act of Parliament it was not incumbent on the person presiding at the elections to p ut an y questions to the persons tendering their voting papers unle ss he was required to do so by two of the burgesses present ; lie then had merely to ask whether the party presenting himself to vote was the person represented in the voting papers, and also whether he had voted before. On these questions being answered in the affirma tive, the voting paper was taken. Tlll6 burgesses were not at liberty, however, to do so in this case, in consequence of not more than one being allowed to be in the room at the time. At length they pressed the Mayor on the point; and, on their urging him to put the questions to :persons presenting them selves before him to vote, he refused to do so, on the ground that it was then too late in the election, that it had gone on far, and was then greatly against their party, and, without looking whether the papers presented to him were signed o r not, he put all into the box before him. When the election was over it became the duty of the Mayor to see who were tha successful candidates. The election took place on the Satur day, and he stated at the close of the poll that he would give the result on the Monday. He was then pressed to agree, that when the boxes were opened, that certain of thebur gesses should be allowed to see the papers, so as to form a just estimate as to the state of the votes. He jobjected, however, to this, no doubt because he supposed that it would destroy th e scheme that he had in view. On the Monday, also, instead of declaring the numbers that had voted for each candidate, he merely declared that certain persons, whose names he read, had been duly elected by a majority of votes. In one of the wards, that in which he presided, he stated that nine persons had been elected councillors, all of whom belonged to the party to which he was attached ; and in the other ward, two out of the nine declared to be elected were of the same party. The consequence of this was, that eleven councillors were elected favourable to the old Corporation, and seven of the opposite party, and the former of course had the preponde rance in the election of the aldermen, and they thus added six more to their party. The mayor admitted that he had found several papers in the boxes having the same names at tached to them, and apparently voting for both lists of candi dates, and he stated that in such cases he had always chosen that list which suited him b2st, and supported the party to which he belonged. It appeared, from strict inquiry, that had been made, that the two councillors of the old corpora tion party that had been returned for one of the wards, had not been voted for by the majority of the electors. If those two persons, therefore, had not been returned, there would have been an equality of voters, and much of what he had to complain would not have followed, as there would have been an equality of parties. If those two had not been returned as elected, he should not have been called upon to ask for Parliamentary interference ; but as the body as returned as duly elected had the right to elect the aldermen, and also to expend all the funds of the Corporation, he thought that he was justified in calling upon the House to institute an inquiry, with a view ultimately to set aside the election.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) What were the consequences of the steps taken in this election ? The councillors had the election of all the officers of the Corporation, and proceeded at once to choose those who were favourable to their party. This, how ever, was not the case in one remarkable instance. Although the town-clerk was one of the strongest friends of that party, they turned him out and appointed another of their partisans in his stead ; and this they did that they might enable the former to obtain compensation for his office.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") According to the general rule (when compensation was to be granted under the Municipal Cor poration Bill), one-third of the Council might object to the amount proposed to be given, and might appeal to the Lords of the Treasury ; but in this borough things had been so managed, that just somethirg more than two thirds of the voters in the Town-council were friends of the old Corporation. Supposing the pay of the town-clerk was about 201. a-year—and he believed that it was not much more than that in the present case—but then there was a large addition by the fees which were paid to that officer—what would the House say if the sum of 7,0001. was proposed to be granted to' him as a compensation ? and this he understood was the amount claimed.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The income of the Corporation of Poole was 8001. a-year, and if the amount he had stated was given as a compensation in this instance, and a similar scale of expenditure was adopted in other cases, nothing whatever would be left to carry on the business of the Corporation. From the register that had been kept, it appeared that in the ward in which the mayor pre sided 189 burgesses had voted, and the persons who had signed the petition which he had to present to the House, stated that 100 of these burgesses declared that they had voted against the candidates of the old Corporation party. In the other ward 160 burgesses had voted, and 90 o f th os e who had signed the petition declared that they gave t h e i r v otes also against the candidates on that side. Now, although he did not mean to say that some of the petitioners might not have voted for the mayor's party, still all of them were so fully aware of the evil consequences likely to ensue to the town from the present state of things, that they had petitioned the House to set aside the election, and give them the benefit of the Corporation Reform Bill. The House was aware that pro ceedings had been adopted in the Court of King's Bench against two persons in the latter ward, calling upon them to show by what right they held the office of councillors. But even if this was successful he did not think it was sufficient ; but he thought they ought to vacate the election altogether. He now, having shortly stated the facts of the case, trusted lie had said sufficient to induce the House to consent to his motion. Sir. F. POLLOCK was not sufficiently acquainted with the business of the House of Commons to say whether a Hon. Gentleman was justified or not in making a motion for a Committee of Inquiry, because he might have heard some thing that had taken place at an election which appeared to him to be irregular. The House was not even aware of the contents of the petition, unless from the description of the lion. and Learned Gentleman. He ( Sir F. Pollock) took it for granted that the petition would have been pre sented to the House and printed, that H o n. Members mightbe aware of the facts of the case before being call e d upen to vote for a Committee of Inquiry. He did not intend to take any part in the discussion himself, or to vote on this question, as he had been professionally consulted by one of the p art i es ' who had been called upon to appear in the Court of Kin's Bench, and he had made the observation with which ho had troubled the House rather on a point of form than anything else. He might add, that it was a general rule that he had laid down for the governance of his conduct since he had en tered Parliament, never to take any part in the discussion of, or voting on, any question on which he had been professionally engaged: In this case an application was made on the last day of the last term, by his Learned Friend the Attorney -Ge neral, for a criminal information for conspiracy against the parties alluded to by the Honourable and Learned Gentle man. As it was TM usual for the Court to entertain motions for criminal informations on the last day of term, his Learned Friend postponed his application ; but stated that - be should renew it on the first day of next term. He trusted that the House would not interfere in a way which might prejudice the parties against whom the criminal information was in tended to be applied for.--( Hear ,hear.) He was not, how ever, prepared to say whether he would resist inquiry or not. He felt bound to say what he had, and he should now leave the 110uza, os the ii & o h u i s in e ' t waso renew not aw his e of the i Mr. nom presemed, ae a plater of' course, that his Hon. and Learned Frie nd mi g ht present the petition have it contents of the pvtitpn, !le thought the non, and L earned Gentleman opposite printed; had for ir y and o u liea future would saying he would not as a M ember of Parliament, give a free d a r y e , e a mme n opinion, because be had been retained as counsel in the case. If such a princip • le were to obtain, how eas y woul d it be for a cra might be adopted against him in this House, to retain 4y o or si party who feared propee—Pe,- of ; sictiw most erni 49 , 4 199 4 the bar who were Members of Parliament, so as to prevent them I liking any part aga i nst hi m. If t h e lion. and Learned Gen tleman entertained such an opinion, be had better vacate his ;eat ; for, according to his notion, the duties of a Member of Parliament and an advocate were incompatible. If the rule was laid down that inquiry was not to take place in this House because the matter was then pending in the Court of King's Bench, nothing would be easier for a party wishing to prevent such inquiry to get some person to take the case into Court. Mr. C. W. WYNN entirely concurred with the Hon. Gen tleman that the petition.should be presented before the debate was proceeded with, although there were cases in which in quiry might be justifiable, if an Hon. Member stated facts which came within his own knowledge. He could not agree at all in the observations made by the Hon. Member with re ference to his Hon. and Learned Friend. There were feelings of delicacy which would apply to every honourable mind, which would induce a person to abstain from taking part in the Par liamentary discussion of a case in which he was professionally engaged. An advocate was generally in the confidence of par ties, and communications were constantly made to him which it would be contrary to every sense of justice for him to use elsewhere against his client. He thought, therefore, it was the more delicate course for a party who was engaged profes sionally in a cause to abstain from speaking or voting on it in the House of Commons. He agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend that it would be highly inconvenient to have an inquiry going on before a Committee of the House of Commons, while it was the subject of a cause before a Court of Justice. In extreme cases, such as high treason, it might be necessary to send evidence to a Committee of the House of Commons to take measures for the safety of the country. Mr. BL AC KB URNE withdrew his motion, and said that he would lay t!se petition on the table, and move that it be printed, and call the attention of the House to it on Monday next. Mr. TULK wished to say a few words as connected with the borough of Poole. No less than eighty-eight affidavits had been made by burgesses of the west ward in Poole, who stated that they voted in a particular way on the last election, and although they formed the majority of the burgesses of the ward, a return was made contrary to their votes. These had been filed in the Court of King's Bench, and had not been contested. He was sorry to say that the mayor was his parti cular friend at two elections, and still more sorry was he to I add, that he constantly refused the demand made to him by • the burgesses for free access to examine the papers, and - he persisted in his refusal till he was forced to comply by the P Court of King's Bench. When they were examined, it l ap appeared that the majority had Toted one way, although he had ' declared that they had voted another. The petition was then laid on the table. k HOLYHEAD AND PORTDYNLLAEN HARBOURS. • On the motion of Colonel PARRY, a Return was orde'red ' "of any Survey or Report made at the instance of the Ad miralty, the Post-office, or any other department of the Go vernment, of the Ports and Harbours of Holyhead and Port ' dynllaen within the last three years." The House adjourned at half-past nine. RAILWAYS. The Bristol and Exeter, Leeds and Derby, and " for mak ing a Railway from Manchester to join the Grand Junction Railway near Crewe Hall, in the county of Chester, to be called the Manchester and Cheshire Junction Railway, with two several Branches therefrom," were presented and read a first time. Petitions for Bills for the North of England—London and Gravesend—Great Western—and Hayle Railways, were re ported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in. Petitions for the London Grand Junction—Stockport and Manchester—Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff—London and Croy don—and York and North Midland Railways, were referred to the Representatives of the Districts through which the respec tive Railways pass. MEETING OF THE REFORMERS AT YORK. One of the greatest assemblages of Reformers ever wit nessed in York, took place in Sampson's-square, in that city, on Monday evening last, to hear their late unsuccessful candidate, C. F. Barkley, Esq., deliver his sentiments on the investigation which took place, during the last Session of Parliament, on the corrupt state of the representation of that city. The Hon. Gentleman, to an assemblage of several thousands, exposed the Tory falsehoods made on the occasion, and held the tools of corruption up to their well-merited obloquy. A second meeting took place on Tuesday evening, when the Learned Gentlemen, amidst torrents of rain, was again listened to with the greatest attention. He pledged him self, that if only 50 of his former supporters pledged them selves to fight the battle of Reform with him, at the next election, he should be found at his post. Neither his time, trouble, nor money (so far as purity of election would justify him) should deter him. His intention was to war the wars of battle again and again, until the principles of Reform should prove victorious. After" Three times three" hearty cheers for his Majesty and his Ministers, " Three cheers" for Mr. Barkley, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Hume, &c., and Reform, the assemblage separated. VICE-CHANCERY-WEDNESDAY. WATSON V. WARTON. Mr. KNIGHT appeared for the plaintiff in this cause. The bill sought to have a contract for the purchase of a lease rescinded, and the agreement delivered up to be can celled. In 1832 the defendant agreed to grant the plaintiff a lease of a house and fixtures and some land, in the parish of Hendon, Middlesex, for the life of a person of the name of Franks, who was then eighty years of age. The plaintiff entered into possession accordingly, and continued to hold the property until the death of Franks in 1834, when he re moved the fixtures ; but during all this time lie never paid the defendant any rent. A great deal of petty litigation took place between the parties, till at length the present bill was filed for rescinding the contract on two grounds—of misde scription and defect of title. Mr. BEANIES appeared for the defendant. His HONOUR entirely acquitted the defendant of any wil ful misrepresentation on the subject of the measurement ; but on the question of costs, he thought the defendant's pro posals were not sufficiently extensive to save him from fur ther costs. He must, therefore, pay the costs of the suit. But•as it was right the plaintiff should do equity, he must pay a❑ occupation rent for the time of his possession, and also the value of the fixtures he had removed, to be determined by the Master, if the parties should unfortu nately continue to differ. ROLLS' COURT.-WEDNESDAY. HEARDSON V. WILLIAMSON. This was a bill filed for the specific performance of a con tract entered into by the defendant, under the decree of the Court. The objection urged by the defendant to the com pletion of his agreement arose from a defect of title on the part of the plaintiff, who claimed under a devise in a will. Mr. PEMBERTOINI appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. TINNEY for the defendant. The MASTER of the ROLLS said that lie should make the decree as prayed. COMMON PLEAS.-WEDNESDAY. CORNE V. PETTIT. This was an auction brought to recover compensation in damages for certain slanderous words spoken by defen dant of plaintiff, who is the Dissenting minister of Ebenezer. Chapel, in Church-lane, Whitechapel, whereby he was in jured in his character, and had sustained considerable loss and damage from the falling off in the numbers of his con gregation,and the consequent diminution of his emoluments, which arise from the voluntary contributions of the congre gation. ... Mr. TURNER appeared as Counsel for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant WILDE addressed the Jury for the dc. fendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, who found for the defendant. EXCHEQUER COURT. sIIERLEY v. COX. This was a bill filled to establish the right of the plain tiff, the Vicar of Sherley, in Derbyshire, to certain tithes on wood under the Act of 1832. Mr. Beauclerk was beard on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. Simpkinson for the defendant. The question really at issue was, whether the tithes of wood were actually due (if claimable) to the Rector or the Vicar. In support of the latter position, a mass of documentary evidence was read, to show that the parish consists of the township of Sherley, containing 1,600 acres of land, of which number 140 were wood land, which lands were rectory lands ; the Vicar receiving the tithes great and small. Search was made for the endowment, but none had been found. Mr. SIMPKINSON, for the defendant, contended that the present bill, which was infliction enough upon the defend ant, would probably be followed by a suit at law. He de nied that the Vicar was entitled to any tithes on wood which had not been demanded, nor had one claim been made for tithes, even when a great felling of wood had been made. Besides, the plaintiff had produced no evidence in support of his claim. 'Mr. Baron ALDERSON thought that, to settle the ques tion, an issue must be directed, and that the bill must be dismissed, so far as related to wood.tithe, without costs. GREENWICH RAILWAY.—On Tuesday the Bishop of London and several noblemen and gentlemen visited the Greenwich Railway. THE POOR.—On Monday morning early, a coil siderable number of country peoplF 4(11 .1 1 Wasliingtioromh, H e ighington, and firanstop,'and qthor• parts, had assembled in the Castle-square, near the lodgings of the Charity gornmis sioners, Their stedst ; serious looks, bespoke that they were bent on [some solemn errand in which their hearts were not lightly interested. At last sonic inquirer asked t h e i r o bj ect — We're come to get oursen's righted" was the brief reply. A deep sense of injustieg rfna . Imp rat*leci in the minds of these po L of to, cause such a manifestation as was witzlewcl,--..ftncol . n qfFeyel PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK Sal OCKS ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Number Dividend of her Shares. Annum. Paid. ,7 8 0 61 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham .../..*:trage 97i. IBs. sh. 1,482 6/. Ashby de-le-Zouch Average 11.1. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 sh. 410 4,00015 h, 121. 10s. Birmingham, 1 share 171. 10s. 257 4.00 o Ditto and Liverpool Junct....ll 0/. sh. all pd 301 1600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 61 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater .. ldol. sh. 11l 500 421. Coventry 1002 sh. PIO 4,546 Croydon Average 311.25. 1 0 d. Oh. 2,0(i01 3t. 10s. Dudley lOO/. sh. 78 600 61. Derby 1 001. sh. 120 20,000 Danube and Mayne 41/. 138. 4d. 101. pd 7 3,5751 Ellesmere and Chester.-- Average 1:33/. sh. 85 231 431. Erewash 'O9/. sh. 4:0 1,2117 20/. Forth and Clyde Average 4 , 34 1 /.:OS. sh. 59(1 1,5c0 121, Grand June' - 213491 Grand Union 1002 sh. 25 1,5:1 Grand Surrey lOO/. sh. 10,0002 U. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 3,1016 Grand Western 000 131. 12s. Sd. (31amorganshirc, Average cog 1721. 13s. 4d. 28 , 1,960 Gloucester and berkley 13402 sh. I 749 tOt. Grantham 1501. sh. 20 6,230 11. lOs Huddersfield Average 571. Os. 6,1 sh. 3 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. I 25,320 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. Bs. 10d. sh. 2,0971 204 Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 5: 515 12!. Leicester llOl. oh. 1 , 907 4/. Leicester and Northamp!on...Aver 83/. 10s. 550 51. per cent. Liskeard and Looc Uni0n......25/. sh. all pd. 2,40!) 0/. Monmouthshire lOOl. sh. 1 150 91. Melton Mowbray 1001 sh. 2 500 231. Mersey and Irwell ion/. sh. 5 3,000 Macclesfield 1001. sh all pd. 247 ' 151. Neath 100/. sh 100 ' 1,786 32/. Oxford. 1001. sh. I 522 2/. Oakham 130/. sh. 2,400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 21,410 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. :33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 5,069 51. per cent. Itochdale Average 851. sh. 500 sz. Shropshire 1251. sh. 800 RW. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 45,41 0 0/. 61 pet' cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 700 36 1 . Stafford and Worcester 1402 sit. 500 114 Shrewsbury 1251 sh. 300 81. Stourbridge 3,641 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Av 41 ...Average 791. 9s. Bd. sh. 533 13!. Swansea 100/. sh. 3,762 11. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av :35/. sh. 2,60 Ist.. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 8,149 ......... Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Sd. sh. 1,0005h.1 151. Warwick and Birmingham . 100/. sh• I,ooolsh. j 980 12a. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 3/. 10s Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7Sl.Bs. sh 5,000 255. 'Wilts and Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Eid. sh. 800 6/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 126 Wisbeach 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. DOCKS. CANALS. Price per Snare, 11 , 5 :51 141 140 leo 215 17} 620 2,600 & } 3D. c. Commercial 100/. sh. 1,06515 h - 198,66711. 4 per cent. East India Stock 3,235,31041. 50s.p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. 5/. per ct. West India 2,`2.0i 3/. 6s. 4d. Bristol Average 147/. Ws. sh. 68,324/. 5/..percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts Stock 1,352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Harbour 2.500 *see •••• Deptford Pier 0 01. sh. 31. pd BRIDGES. 50/. sh. 1,600 11. Hammersmith Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 7,231 Southwark, 1,700 IL 15s 5,000 Ditto, Old Annuities 60/ d 5,000 1/. 2s.of 74 per cent ................. s o li : of 8!. 5,000 les. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 4 0!. pd 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 8,818 17s. Vauxhall Average 49/. Os. Od. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 8,000 Si 10s Albion 500/ sh. 501. pd " ,000 i 5 per cent.l Alliance, British & Foreign 10 0 /. eh. 10/. p d 1 . and Sc. 100/ sh. 5/. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 50/ sh. 5/. pd 24,000 I 1 per sh. Atlas 100 till. 41. Birmingham Fire 050/. sh. 55/. pd ,2 250/ sh. 50/. pd 20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 501. sh. 5/. pd 12,000 6!. per cent. British Commercial 5,000 5/. percent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, 1Ct1101.051h..012/1107 pd 4,000 2/ lOs County 50/. sh. 51. pd 1 0 ,000 ss. Eagle 200 [ Economic 5 per cent./ Life l OO O/. sh. 250/. p d and 30/ bs. 0 0/ sh, all pd 2,271 54/. per cent. European Life 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd Stock 1,000,000!. 71. per ct. Globe 20,000 11. Guardian 1001. sh. 20/. pd (Fire s le pcL3 is ct., Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 6 4(06° Fire 8 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. psi 120 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 9; W. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100!. sh. Si. pd 15, 2,020 3/ 104 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life 2 91 . s 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10 /. pd 26 3,900 31.000 London, Ship 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 30,000 EL per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 2/. pd 217 s 04 250,000 is. 6d. Protestor Fire 2O!. sh. 2/. pd 1117 s Od 2,500 1/. Provident Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 194 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 2/. pd 6! 689,2'20' 51. per cold. Royal Exchange Stock... 1974 Sun 2lO 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Australvia 4O/. sh. 49/. pd 10,001 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. Si. pd 18,000 '2 per cent. London and Westminster ~.100/ sh. 15/. pd 3,000 Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100! sh. 101. psi 20,000 74 per gent. Manchester and Liverpool} 1001. sh. 10! pd Discount 20,000 6 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. gO/ pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 20,' 00 National Bank of Ireland 50/. ch. 10/. pd 10,000 National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 25/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 5!. pd 6,000 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1/ les Bath 2O/. :h. 16!. pd 5,000 61. per cent. British 4O!. sh. 16/. pd 5 . 000 tr i ja e lLn t '.3 Ditto Provincial 20!. sh. 19 pd 814 5/ 105 Birmingham 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O sh. 1,500 Brighton 2O/. sh. 750 ...... ... Ditto, New 2O l. sh. 18 /. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 4,000 31. Continental Cansolidated • 100/. 514/. pd 1,000 10/. City of London .......... .......100/. 6 h. all Pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 4O/. pd European 5/. pd 50/. sh. 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 25/. sh. 20/. pd 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 30/ sh all pd 2,350 6/. per cent. 1 ndependent "0/ sh. 2 l; pd 1,500 - 74 per cent. Leeds 50/ sh 39/:pd 9,000 34 per cent. Phmnix 100/. sh. 001. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 4,04'0 South . Metropolitan , 5 Ol. sh. 13/. pd 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 451. pd 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 115 s Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 211 1 .. :11 1) .. 5°1181)1/.. sh. 6,000 12 . Ditto, New KO Yarmouth W i g A h T am 25/. sh. 25/ pd ER WORKS. 4,800 ......... 4,4 r r33 5/. East lOO/. sh. 4,500 2/ lOs (band Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. es. 2,000 21 . Kent 1004 sh. 3.18 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 IL Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 1001. sh. 9d. sh. 8 1 : (:)00 00 4 per cent.. South v v e st London Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 1.360 1/ 144 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter ......... (180 Bolton and Leigh lOOl. sh. 2,000 Clarence lOO/. th. 100!. pd 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 30,000 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 40/. p i 30,00 2,0410 Hartlepool 1001 . sh. 1001. pd 2,100 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 41. pd 2,1(10 Leeds and Selby 1,500 Leice s te r and Swannington ~„50/. sh. all pd 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo!. sh. 100!. pd Ditto Quarter Shares Loughborough Average 142/. 17s. sh. London and Brighton °O/. sh. 5/ psi Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 iiii. 11. ptl Ditto ditto (Rennie) London and Blackwall 501 sh. 3/. pd Londo t and Dover 501. sh. 11. pd 30,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sk. 90/. ~d 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 50/. pd 20,1,00 London and Southampton -.WI/. sh. 111. pd London and Croydon 21. Pd 251100 Northern and Eastern .., • lOO/, sh, 12, , 500 North Midland lOOl. sh, 5/.1)(1 '2,500 Preston and Wigan 3O/. pd 2 . 600 ...... .„ Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pd 1,000 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 800 MINES. . 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. :11. pd 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 10/. lOs pd 141,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. prn....1001, sh. all psi Ditto Subscription °.51, psi 2,000 Tiolanos 10,000 3!..5. Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm. 151. sh. 201 pd 6,0 0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/. sh 22/. pd Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 741. lxi 11,000 Cata Branca 64/. pd Candonga 741. Pd 10,000 Copiapo 201. sh. 101 pd 10,0041 Bolivar Copper Company ' 20!. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 ........ Ditto Scrip 41. pd 20,0 11 1 . /. 10s. British Iron 50!. sh. 50/.. pd 6,000 British Copper 5/. 5h.,31/, pd 8,500 2,8:,0 3/. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 151. pd 6,155 Mexican Company 101/. sh 5141. p 2,000 Polberou Consols 101. sh. 9!. 'xi 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2pm -.AO/. fill. all psi Dit o Scrip Ditto Subscription 2/. pd Ditto New Scrip 5! pd 5,000 Union Gold, its. 2/. ss. pm.... 224!. sh. 444. list West Cork Mit sh, 40/. lid LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, 1,000 London, with Bronze 'ticket 75gs. sh. 1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 700 .100/. sh. 274/ ) . ' pd King' College mg. Aust A r l a l l S ia C n E A L g L r A ie N ui E ti O tra U L S .: I% rr i i a e rt rican Land Company.,, 5 1 0 3 1 /. b pd h. 10,000 13 ,k r u it ct s i h on A 1,010 11. (1,000 10,000 61 per cent Canada Coin at.l 7 ox y rao . veignat 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada 1.0 . a . 7; 1 1 . i. . 0 . :1 .......... :hill 131. I: 15,000 1/. per cent. C G i e tY ne li ra o l n S d t s e Av. 7 . ,5) 2/ . s p i d t. 101. per cent. N H o u , :s ß oi r i n 'i ns b w a i y a St London Com. Sace,caklnt,olocinosmpany 2,000 14 2,754 Si. per cent. Reversionary Interest 500,..100/. sh. 1001. pd u e n % ..... ..... .. ............ 100/. sh. 45/. pd 2,633 Si. per cent. Th l a / l i i t i t e o .i N , 4,000 .. 100/. sh. 171, p 3 114 10,000 Van Dieinei.'s 1.4;;;(1 . ..... ... ...... 501. sh • all pd LIST OF SCOTTISH:::=II C ONIPAIVIES' PRICES ScßoAtlaNnKd .... FEW :WARN, 6 , 1836. 1 , 5 00,00 1 4 61. p. et. Ban't of 2,000,0X1. 54 p. ct Royal of Scotland ..... .......... !8 .1001 941. , 5 5 h i, .. All pt pd l 2 1 04 711 / . . 500.0. V. Bp. ct. British Linen Company„ .100/. sh. all pd 2401 . 3,000,0041. 61. p. ct. Commercial ,„ 5,000,0001. 5 p p . , ectt.. Glasgow w al i Sc on otland INSURANCE '. Ol. sh. 100/. pd 172/. 2,00tt,000/. 4/. to t ; 000. 01 5 : 1 4 p p p. .. c c ct t. t.. Hsc W : e rt s et t ili e l r h ; su o . : Union.;" .. .. .. 250/. pd 60/. 341. 20/. sh. 1/. psi 261 ”t,.. 100/. sh. 101. 14 ill I.ls 100,000 sp. ct. In4orance Co of Scotl I . .10/ sh, :‘ , ,1 v4l Il Os 50,000 6 P. ct. North British an( . 2 . c . s,`"ii . 4 4 I " I' d 151 " 1,4220 SR. ct. Caledonian Fire..... iotit. sh . . 10/. pa 131 Os s,ousi 6 p.. (t. „ . 10,1 i , , , rrrii; 1 : . i ....:1,4 , .. 100/. sh. lxi 14/ 104 I K OOO i 3 / 4 1. Sit Inas alleotland lOl. pd 10l iii co " ..... .... A-11:1100:11...stIll'• ,110:..1pd,d Isil. 70 144/. 30,000 45,000 ......... 12,C00 116 85i 104 101! 25 23 2 14 24 203 1/.12t 155 351 44+ 14 1 1 25 11 8 n 6: 50 22, 47 1 4 ! 9 MISCELLANEOUS. _ sti. all pd 221. 4,810 ......... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canx,',..4l Ditto Allocated..., ••• sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. 4.,i - iil• Vet •• 250 L sh. all pd 45 . 4 ii••4F I ...... ; 2SL sh. all pd 341 Cy - quit 'IKon Company 50 i . s h, aa Ki 254 2,0005 h. 15 w• cent. ShOtti hen FOUTICICrY ti. ,,. 1 wt st,.. 10,000 3 per Cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass,,, ; 57, 7 6. an 0.-4. 6►of. 4,500 10per cent. Edinburgh Coal (iiV•.•,•.•.•,••••••‘;54 ow - `ll .',l 601. 4;450 10 per cent. Glasow Q.lai . - o'o, All pd 351. 750 6 per cent Leit h Coal (" 4 , 4 b,l sh and Dal4ilh Itailivay...sol. sh. 751. l ' i l 5 P e i ei Pl' 4 ln- 4 - 0 Cfoupany 251. sh. 91. pd 101, 3 I,ll ' 511oe{ OR i uilts 14 1 3 31 1 i i l' , ' INSOLVENT COURT-WEDNESDAY John Ansley, late of Distaff-lane, Old 'Change, described as lately an Alderman of the City of London, applied upon his petition to be discharged. He was opposed by Mr. CRESSWELL on th e p ar t o f M r . R o b er t B u rgh, a fringe manufacturer. He w a s support e d by Mr. COOKE, with whom was Mr. WOODROFFE. Th e i nso l ven t h a d been twice a bankrupt—his la s t b a nkr u pt c y was i n 1826 ; his certifi cate, signed on that occa s i o n by L or d Eld on , was produced. On his examination Mr. An s l e y s t a ted th a t hi s schedule commenced from 1826, and his debts and li a bilities, from that period until his arrest, a m o u nt e d t o 11,1081., o f which sum he had received no con s id era ti on f or 5,419/. The bills of exchange more than once entered in th e sc h e d u le were 602/., leaving the /debts for whi c h he h a d rece i ve d con sideration 5,0861. 19s, I Id. ; in that sum large debts to his relations were included. He owed his brother, Colonel Ansley, 1,671/. ; to his youngest son, Benjamin Frederick Ansley, 2,700/. ; and to Gilbert Ansley, another son, be owed 3,850/. The opposing creditor was the holder of a bill of exchange and a promissory note, the former for 35/. 10s., and the latter for 48/. 15s. 6d. He (Mr. Ansley) had been in the receipt of 600/. a year from the Corpora tion of London, as Magistrate of the Town Hall, South wark, and a collector of duties on wines. He had resigned his gown as Alderman of Bassishaw Ward. He had as— signed to his son Benjamin the receipts of duties on wines, which varied materially, the average being somewhere about 160/. a year. He had likewise assigrieitt,CF the same son his salary of 400/. a year as a Magistrate, and he resigned his gown in November last. His son had allowed him 61. week out of the receipts, and had paid some of his debts. Mr. CRESWELL asked how he came with such a limited income to incur so many debts in the .course of last year ? Mr. Ansley said his necessities required him to raise money on the discount of bills. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER, in giving judg ment, said the Court, taking into consideration the length of time the insolvent had been in prigon, adjudged him, at the suit of Mr. Burgh, to an imprisonment, from the date of filing his petition, of four calendar months, for contracting the debt without means of payment. THE WESTMINSTER REFORM CLUB. Thomas Norris, described as late of Albemarle-street. out of employ, applied to be discharged. He w as unor posed. The insolvent had been steward to the Westminster Re form Club ; he had previously been waiter at the Univer sity Club-house. In April last, he obtained the steward• ship, and entered into a bond with the trustees of the Club in the sum of five hundred pounds. He attributed his in solvency to the Club not paying his account of 921. 6s. for goods furnished, and hail entered in his schedule as the trus tees Mr. Wilks, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Wason, and Alder man Wood, as debtors to that amount. He said he bad applied for the money, but they refused payment. The Learned COMMISSIONER inquired of the insolvent , who had writte n i n p enc il un d er hi s d escr i pt i on i n the peti tion as Steward to the Westminster Reform Cl u b, the o words " Now I may reform myself for my pains in prison. —(Laughter.) The insolvent professed ignorance of the addition. The COURT required an amendment, and ordered the ill' solvent to be discharged. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. WEDNESDAY.-EIGHTH AND LAST DAY. In this protracted inquiry, which was brought to a clos e yesterday, the Jury, after remaining in consultation about twenty minutes, returned into Court, and the foreman deli vered the following verdict :—" It is the unanimous opini° ll of all the gentlemen of the Jury, that the Hon. Ann a Maria Fitzm aur i ce , commonly called ViscountessKirkwall, is of unsound mind, and is incapable of managing horse; and her affairs, and that she has been so since the 25th of December, 1831." The inquisition was then signed by the Jury, and the pro' ceedings terminated. Lady Kirkwall shortly after left the room, in company ° l' the King's Bench officer, and proceeded in her carriage t ° her residence. It has been calculated that the daily expenses of the pro ceedings during the eight days that they have been unde r consideration, was 200 guineas per day. Mr. Thessiger re ceived with his brief a fee of 100 guineas ; Mr. Ellison an d Mr. Whateley 60 guineas each, in addition to which Mr' Thessiger received 20 guineas per day and other counsel I° guineas each. The Commissioners received 5 guineas pe r day, the Jury 1 guinea per day ; the physicians 10 g uineas per day, and 5 guineas per day was paid for the use o f the room in which the inquiry was held. Upwards of 30 wit: nesses were subpoenaed in support of the Commission, b°' between 40 and 50 attended. Dr. Spurzeim, Dr. Bright: and Dr. Herbert, visited Lady Kirkwall, at the request of Mr. Edwards, but they were not examined. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd received with his brief 100 guineas, and 20 pi' neas per day ; Mr. Miller 50 guineas, and 10 guineas per day. Mr. Sergeant Wilde was applied to in the first i o "' stance to undertake the case, but he refused to do s° for less than 1,000 guineas. REIGATE PETTYSESSIONS. Tuesday being the day appointed for the final examina tion of IVilliani Arley, alias Harvey, alias Ballchin, on suspicion o f b e i ng concerned in the daring burglary 8 ,, ` Chipstead in September last, long before the usual bus' ness of the Magistrates 'commenced the Court was crowde! with persons anxious to see the prisoner and to hear the proceedings, which from their extraordinary nature have: created very grea t i nterest t h roug h out the whole county °I Surrey. At twelve o'clock the prisoner was brought up in eug: tody by Coleman, the constable of Croydon, and placed 04 the bar. Several . witnesses were examined, who deposed to having soen the prisoner at Chipstead on the day the burglary O . committed. The prisoner was committed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Miller, an inhabitant of Reynold's-court, Tyr street, applied to Mr. Alderman WHITE for assistance t ° prevent Mr. Brass, a Common Councilman, from pu lling' his house down about his e ars . H e h a d a l rea d y pulled down the front of the house, and exposed the inmates °` the rooms to the weather. Mr. Brass had purchased the lease of the house of a party who had no right to gr ant it; the party had never brought an action or put in a distress to vindicate his right, and therefore be did not recognis e him as a landlord. Mr. Alderman WHITE should not interfere in the bust! ness. The applicant must seek for his redress by action. (.) POWE R F U L ADVERTISEMENT MUSICAL BOXES, in so ° a , cases, 12 inche s l ong , b y 5 i nches wide, each playing Four Ai with the m us i c fi n i s h e d i n a very superior manner, aro offered Five G u i neas eac h . A lso a few of the same description, W i t h Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. Cox SAvoar's, Work"' Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London . N. B. The small musical boxes, 3i inches long, continue selL 4 in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell cases, at 7••••'' each. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., Mrs. Henry Dibbin, of Basing-lane, of daughter. an the 15th inst., at Stoke College, the lady of T. P. Eb re" Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 16th inst., in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place, the boi °f Captain H. Bowden, Scots Fusileer Guards., of a son. On the 17th inst., at Elstree, Mrs. Mae: eady, of a son. harl° On the 12th inst., at B ognor P arsonage, Sussex, Mrs. - C Lane, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanstone_square, Freder ld John Rothery, Esq., to Emily, eldest dnughter of Robert ch , nery, Esq. On the 16th inst., at St. Saviour's, Southwark, Mr. Wm. Tar ler, of Batt ersea, to H arr i ott, neice of the late W. T. Brown, E s q . ' of Cheapside. Lately, at Rome, Lieut.-Col. Wedderburn, of the Colditreasa Guards, to Elizabeth Julia, third daughter of the late J. Stratton" Esq., of Farthinghoe Lodge, Northamptonshire. On the 16th inst., at Highgate Church, John Charles Hall, Esq'' of Linc o l n ' s I nn- fi e l ds, to Harriet, eldest daughter of J. Gard i n er Esq., of Highgate. On the 16th inst., at St. M ary ' s, B ryanstone-square Ludocia i r Carmicha e l, E sq ., o f C a l cu t ta; to Eli za b eth Frances, only dame of the late J. Hughes, Esq., of York-street, Portman-square. On the 9th inst., at Muff Church, Thos. Wm. Fontaine, FA' 4 l to Mary Barbara, eldest daughter of 11. B. Beresford, Esk' 0 Learmon, Londonderry. On the 15th inst. , at St. Peter's, Dublin, Thomas A',exan deft Esq., of Buncrana, Donegal, to Jane, eldest daughter, o f the la W. Haigh, Esq., of Westfield House, Doncaster. iest On the 22d of December, at The Lodg e , St. Dr.,rothy, Jamt. 4 Henry Mark Lynch, Esq., to Theodora Eli za b eth, only surviy': daughter of A. Foulks, Esq., of The Lodge and Mullet Hall, sluice, and Clifton, Gloucestershire. DIED, •C On the 10th inst., at Abbevill e , aged 23, Francis, fifth son o f Poole, Esq. On the 15th inst., aged 70, William Strange, Esq. , of Vla t4r4 Essex. On the 7th inst., at St. Helier's, Jersey, aged 45, Mr. 'no — Shirley, late of Crescent-place, Blackfriars. On the 15th inst., at 12, York-pl ace , P or t man - square , Rich Thomas Goodwin, E,sq, On the 29th of October, at Nice, in Sardinia, aged 10 11 1 °" e t Harry Vi,.ney Wingfi e ld , son of the Rev. C. B. Elliott, T ic‘' ,. Ciottalming. On the 18th lilt, at Marsh House, Dumfries-shire, Colonel A 4rili. Mein, CAL late of the 52d Regiment. ( 1‘ Oh the 11th in s t., a t P enzance , S usanna h , relict of the l a te A miral hlm Payton. On the lAth inst., at Katesgrove, Reading, aged 77, Susan °s ' relict of J. B. Wise, late of Staines, Middlesex. —"""°"--- , 7---- o /4 • Londo n; P r i nte d an d P u bli s h e d by MURDO YOU — NG, it 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the COO o 111iddle4e4.